The Richland County Jail in Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, like all jails is a maximum security facility. Because the inmates in this jail range from low level offenders to those being held for violent crimes like robbery, rape and murder, the security level is as high as is it is in any maximum security state prison. Some of the security features in this facility include security cameras, electronic detection and reinforced fencing topped with razor wire. Correctional officers in Richland County Jail are armed with mace and trained to use physical force to protect themselves and other inmates from violence.

The men, women and juveniles being held in the Richland County Jail are either awaiting trial or have been sentenced in the Richland County Court System already and been sentenced to a period of time of one year or less. When an inmate is sentenced to a year or more, they are admitted into the Ohio Prison or Federal Prison System.
Inmates in the Richland County Jail are fed three meals a day totaling 2,500 calories, are allowed access to phones to contact friends and family members, are allowed at least one hour a day for exercise, have access to books, bathroom and shower facilities. The inmates are allowed mail to be delivered to them as well as newspapers and magazine from trusted outside publishers.
In addition, Richland County houses the following juvenile facility: Richland County Juvenile Attention Ctr.

On this page you will find direct links to specific information that friends and family members of inmates will find useful: Richland County Inmate Search, Inmate Phone use, Visitation Rules and Schedules, Commissary Deposits and Information about the Richland County Jail Inmate Mail Guidelines. In addition, you will find information on how to contact the facility, directions to the jail, Richland County recent arrests, Most Wanted, outstanding Arrest Warrants and much more.

Wait a sec. So you are tellin me the gov can keep track of ppl around the globe, but have no ideal who are in their prisons. Gov can type in the name of a citizen and find them in ten min, but its too hard to keep track of a bunch of ppl stuck in one place???? That doesnt make sense.